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薨

薨

Readings

Kana: コウ、こう.じる、みまか.る

Romaji: kou, kou.jiru, mimaka.ru

Kana

Romaji

Meaning

die

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 17

Radical Number: 140

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 2-3-13

Korean Reading: hoeng

Chinese Reading: hong1

Unicode: 85a8

JIS: 692A

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4064

New Nelson Index: 5216

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k13.22

Four Corner Index: 4421.1

Daikanwanjiten Index: 32147X

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0961

Words

薨 (こう)

death (of a nobleman, etc.)

薨ずる (こうずる)

to die (of a nobleman, etc.)

薨去 (こうきょ)

death (esp. nobleman, aristocrat); demise

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